Safety razor blade receptacle



May 16; 1933. N. FIESTI 1,909,919

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE RECEPTACLE Filed Aug. 12, 1932 INVENTOR %:/,&4 7275;.

ATTOR Patented May 16, 1933 p V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v IIOHOLAB Sflm- RAZOR BLADE WAC Application filed August 12, 1888. Serial Ila. 688,498.

This invention relates to receptacles for holding thin flexible safety razor blades for purposes of sale and distribution or for the convenience of the user.

The receptacle of my invention is deslgned to hold a convenient number of blades, hori-' zontally dis osed one above another in a stack, secure y and without danger of misplacing the individual blades and at the same time to maintain the cutting edges. of the blades out of contact with the walls of the receptacle while the blades are contained therein or while being withdrawn one by one therefrom for use. The receptacle of my invention is particularly designed to contain blades having a longitudinal internal slot for locating purposes and to this end includes as an important feature a longitudlnal llb adapted to engage and position the blades in the receptacle with their edges spaced from the walls thereof and positively prevented from rubbing contact which would tend to dull them.

My invention further contemplates the provision of a receptacle including in its construction a loading clip or magazine upon which the blades may be assembled and by means of which they may be inserted as a stack into the receptacle. The clip is designed to form apart of the complete and closed receptacle and to position the blades therein. In outline it is somewhat larger than the outline of the blades which it is to carry and the rib of the receptacle accordingly locates the blades within the confines thereof, so that the cutting edges of the blades are held out of engagement with'the walls of the receptacle while being introducedupon the clip and while being maintained within the receptacle. The rib of the clip is adapted to be engaged by the top and bottom respectively of the receptacle, so that there is no possibility of blades. being accidentally loosened and misplaced from the stack. The rib is tapered at one end, however, so that when the uppermost blade of the stack is advanced in being discharged from the receptacle it may pass over the top of the rib and for this purpose one of the walls of the yiel and permit the assa of a blade.

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receptacle is made resilient, so that it may Another feature 0 the invention consists in means for transversely curvin the uppermost blade of the stack and there y stifienin it while it is being withdrawn or dischar e As herein shown, this is efiected by provi ing a longitudinal corru ation in the cover of the receptacle and yieldingly urging the stack of blades u wardly, so that the uppermost blade is curve somewhat into conformity with said corrugation, being thereby bent transversely and so stiffened against longitudinal bending or bending in the direction of discharge.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood and appreciated from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig.1 is'a view in plete receptacle;

Fig. 2 1s a view of the filled receptacle in cross-section on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing one blade in process of removal from the receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a' plan view of the receptacle, ind1cat1ng different positions ofthe' blade in process of withdrawal;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one form of safety perspective of the comticularly adapted;

Fig. 6 is a view of the receptacle in longitudinal section and on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the casing portion of the receptacle, and

Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of the clip portion of the receptacle.

The receptacle comprises two parts, both of which may be formed of sheet material, preferably thin sheet metal which may be ormed by punching and die-bending into the requisite shape, although it is within the scope of my invention toutilize plastic material which may be moulded into shape. The clip or magazine member of the receptacle is best shown in Fig. 8. It is there represented as being formed of thin, sheet metal and is rectangular in outline and somewhat larger in dimensions than the blades for razor blade for which the receptacle is parwhich it is intended. It'comprises a recbase frame having an upturned transverse 11 at one en and a short, centrally-disposed ear 12 at the other The Bbaseiscutouttofurnishthematenal for two llel curved springs 13 longitu ally in the base of the cli connected at an intermediate'point with t e sides respectively of the base frame 10 and concave 10 in contour, exten at both ends above the plane of the base. e center portion of the clip is rovided with a pair of ufpitanding longitu inal flanges 14 spaced m eac other and thus form1 a double Hb in the 15 clip. The rib formed y the flanges 14 terminates within the ends of the base frame 10, being spaced at its forward end from the transverse flange 11, and being bevelledor downwardly tapered at its rear end toward SQ the ear 12.

The receptacle herein disclosed is designed to contain slotted blades such, for example, as that shown in F 5, and known to the trade as the new illette blade. These :5 blades 22 are sh ed at their opposite edges and are provlded at each corner with a reentrant recess 24 which defines an elongated centrally-disposed ortion. The

lades are also provided w1th an interior slot 23 having spaced enlargements, and ada ted to co-operate with a correspondinglyaped rib or projections in the razor with which the blade is used for the urpose of locating the blade accurately in s avmg position in the razor.

The clip shown in Fig. 8 is designed to receive a stack of blades, similar to the blade shown in Fig. 5, or blades provided with a similar slot and the dimensions of the rib formed by the upturned flanges 14 of the clip are therefore made to correspond with the dimensions of the slot 23. Blades presented to the cli are located in position thereon and within e confines of the base frame 10 by A; the engagement of the rib with the slot of the blade. The blades as a stack are elevated above the base frame by the action of the p g The outer or casing member of the r'ece tacle is shaped to receive and to enclose t e clip with its stack of blades assembled therewith, as shown in Fig. 7. It also is formed of thin sheet material having a cover 16 provided with a central longitudinally-disposed corrugation 17 and a U-shagd recess '18 in its rear end. The side wa of the casing are provided with slots 25 extending inwardly from the front edge of the casing and being located in the assembled IGOtJJtflOlB just above the e ldge of the transverse ange 11 of the clip. e bottom of the casing is supplied by two resilient sections 21, separated In each other by a narrow space. The casing is provided with a rear wall havin 65 a concave upper edge which registers wit the 18 of the meter the and Trrovided in its lower piled one above another and these are pressed down in opposition to the action of the. springs 13 of theclip to permit the assembled clip and stack to be pushed endwise into the o 11 end of the casing. As the blades are rel ased, the springs 13 tend to elevate the entire stack so that the uppermost blade is maintained ieldingly in contact with the cover part 0 the casing. The clip is pushed inwardly by means of its end fla e 11 until the ear 12 asses throu h the note 20 in the rear wall 0 the casing. en the clip has thus been positioned, the car 12 is bent downwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, thus itively lockin the clip and its suppl 0 blades'within e casing.

- en it is desired to remove a blade from the receptacle for shaving or otherwise, the uppermost blade in the stack may be pushed forwardly by the thumb or finger of the user where 1t is accessible through the U- shaped opening 18 in the cover of the receptacle. By pressing the stack of blades upwardly, the s rings 13 register the ulppermost blade in a lgnment with the disc slit which lies between the upper ed e of t e transverse flange 11 of the chp and t e inner or lower face of the cover 17 of the casing. As a blade is advanced longitudinally, its rear end portion, be end the slot 23, will travel up the gradua incline of the flanges 14 of the clip and finally, when the full height of the rib is reached, the bottom sections of the casin will spring slightly to permit the blade to interposed between the top of the rib and the inner face of the cover of the casing. At the same time, the blade will be somewhat bowed into conformity with the no longitudinal corrugation 17 in the cover of the casing and thereby considerabl stifl'ened against buckling in the direction 0; its movement. On the other hand, the resilient action of the casi provides a frictional drag upon the blade being discharged, renderi its removal smooth and convenient. T etc is moreover, no dan er of accidental removal or displacement o the blades since they are positively em aled upon the rib of the cli and held in p ace thereon by being engages above by the cover of the casing which, it will be noted directly engages the top edge of the rib, and below by the spaced springs 13.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A receptacle for holding slotted razor blades, includin a cli having a flat base with an upstan ing ri centrally disposed lying the receptacle with blades, the clip is loaded with a 'stack of blades therein and a transverse retaining flange spaced therefrom, and an open ended casing shaped to enclose the clip and to rovide a discharge slit for blades above t e flange of the clip.

2. A receptacle for. holding slotted razor blades, including a clip havin s aced upstanding fianges constituting arib or centering a stack of blades in the clip, springs for moving the blades upwardly upon the rib, and an open ended casing for receiving the clip and its blades and having a cover which is engaged by the uppermost blade of the stack.

3. A receptacle for slotted razor blades including a clip having a centrally-disposed longitudinal rib for centerin a stack of blades in the clip, and a casing avin upper and lower walls arranged to yi'el away from each other and normally engaging the opposite edges of the rib of the clip.

4. A receptacle for slotted razor blades including a clip having a longitudinal rib therein, and a casing having a cover and bottom comprising resilient sections, said cover and bottom being positively spaced apart by the rib of the clip and yielding to ermit a blade to be drawn from the casing a ove the r1 r 5. A receptacle for slotted blades having means for holding a stack of blades with their edges out of contact with the walls of the receptacle, a cover with a longitudinal corrugation therein and a dischar e opening in one end, together with means or transversely curving the uppermost blade in the stack by pressing it into conformity with the corrugated cover so that it may be transversely curved and thereby stifi'ened against longitudinal bending when advanced through the discharge opening.

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